As part of the 1971-72 line, Audi NSU has present a new model, the Audi 100 GL. This represents a further development of the two- and four-door Audi 100 saloon, fitted with the 129 hp 5AE power plant of the Coupe, plus the coupe Instrument panel and bucket seats.
With their 1972 program, AUDI NSU presents the Audi 100 GL as the new star of the Audi 100 range. This model rounds off the Audi 100 saloon program at the top end both in performance and equipment and creates an alternative to the sporty Audi 100 Coupe S for the family man demanding comfort. The powerful 112 BHP 4-cylinder engine provides the Audi 100 GL with exceptional performance.
Development of what was to become the Audi 100 actually started in secret in the mid-1960s, after Volkswagen AG took ownership of Auto Union GmbH, of which Audi was a constituent brand, and set about limiting the company’s activities solely to the development of Volkswagen models.
Ludwig Kraus, Auto Union’s Technical Director, believed he could keep the marque afloat by introducing a new model to compete in the executive class, so he created the Audi 100 behind closed doors. During a routine visit by Volkswagen management to the Ingolstadt plant, he took advantage of an opportune moment to present his brainchild, and the rest is history. Production of the 100 was cleared for take-off in Ingolstadt, which at that point was being used exclusively for production of the VW Beetle, before being moved to Neckarsulm in 1970.
Audi car features the two-door saloon body style which became fashionable in the early Seventies, and is a GL variant, meaning it is powered by a larger capacity and more powerful 1.9-litre evolution of the 100’s original 1.8-litre four-cylinder engine.
Engine:
- Water-cooled four-cylinder in-line engine (front wheel drive)
- Capacity: 1871 cc
Compression: 10:1
Max. torque: 16.5 mkp/118 ft. Ibs. at 3500 rpm
Max. Output: 112 DIN HP (129 SAE HP) at 5600 rpm
Electrical equipment:
- Operating voltage – 12 volt
- Battery 12 V/54 Ah
- Alternator 14 volt/770 watt
Transmission:
- Ist gear 12.580:1;
- 2nd gear 7.194:1;
- 3rd gear 5*032:1;
- 4th gear 3.576 :1;
- reverse gear 11.470 :1
Tires: 165 SR 14; rim size: 4 1/2 J x 14 H1
Steering: Self-ad justing rack and pinion; cardanically-angled safety steering column, ratio 21.6:1 (progressive to 14.4:1 at full lock)
Measurements :
- Length: 4625 mm/182.1 in.
- Width: 1729 mm/ 68 in.
- Height: 1421 mm/ 56 ino
- Wheelbase : 2675 mm/105 in.
- Fuel tank: 58 liters (1J imp/15 US gal.)
Weights:
- Curb weight: 1100 kg/2425 Ibs; total permissible weight: 1550 kg/3418 Ibs.
- Load: 450 kg/992 Ibs.
Performance:
- Top speed: 180 kph/112 mph (175 kph/109 mph)
- Acceleration from 0 – 100 kph/62 mph: 10.8 sec. (11.8 sec.)
- Consumption: 8.9 liters (10.1 liters) of premium grade fuel per 100 km (31-7 imp/26.4 US mpg and 28 imp/23-3 US mpg respectively)
In addition to the Standard equipment of the Audi 100 LS, the Audi 100 GL also includes;
- Floor gearshift with center console
- Rev counter
- Wiper interval switch
- Center armrest in the rear
- Cord velour/Skai leatherette upholstery
- Halogen twin headlights
- High quality feit lining in the trunk
Available at extra Charge;
- Special paints
- Vinyl roof
- Radio
- Rear window defogger
- Bad weather kit
Audi NSU presents the 1972 line
New model: Audi 100 GL. 1.9 litre sports saloon — “Sporty formality”
Audi NSU announces for September the start of full-scale production of a new model, the Audi 100 GL, which, as a sports Version, will be a significant addition to the Audi 100 types. The Audi 100 GL is a sleek 1.9 litre saloon of 129 hp SAE,with a top speed of about 111 mph (179 km/h) and definitely sporty interior fittings. It is available with either two or four doors.
The new Audi 100 GL, full-scale production of which starts at Ingolstadt in September, represents a noteworthy extension of the Audi 100 model series, whose success was reason enough to broaden the concept. With the Audi 100 GL, Audi NSU presents a sleek saloon of pronounced sports styling, appealing to those dashing motorists who want to combine driving excitement with luxury and truly substantial character. The new Audi 100 GL offers “sporty formality.”
The performance and fittings of the new car are typical of this sports saloon: The 1.9 litre f our-cylinder engine delivers 129 hp SAE at 5600 rpm, acceleration is about 10.8 seconds to 100 km/h, the top speed is just over 111 mph (179 km/h); the Audi 100 GL gives over 32 mpg Jmp (26 mpg US) of high-test.
Dual halogen headlamps, combined with the flat angle of the bonnet, give it its sporty look. The wood-faced Instrument panel with central console and leather trimmed stick shift are borrowed from the Audi 100 Coupe S, whose Instruments have also been largely taken over. Fitting adroitly to the human body and helpful in sports driving are the bucket seats from the coupe, now installed in the new 100 GL. The new car is available in two- and four-door models, with automatic transmission optional.
In other respects the Audi 100 GL has all the familiar characteristics of the Audi 100 front-wheel drive 9 neutral steering. luxurious balanced handling, the agreeably spacious trunk compartment —in short, properties showing that sporty performance need not go with an ascetic style of living.
For 1972 the Audi NSU Program provides a slight trimming of the Audi 100 family on the introduction of the 100 GL: in future the Audi 100 series will consist of three types, the Audi 100 with 95 hp SAE engine, the Audi 100 LS with 115 hp SAE, and the new Audi 100 GL with 129 hp SAE. A further representative is, of course, the Audi 100 Coupe S.
The remaining Program of Audi and NSU product lines continues. By way of perfecting the various types and complying with exhaust-gas legislation, the models will undergo minor modifications; thus all the piston models will have new carburetors, the NSU Ro 80 a new exhaust System with after-burner.
This is the captain’s bridge of the Audi 100 GL. A short, sporty stick shift selects gears. In front of it is the center console, fitted as Standard equipment with lighter, clock, and ashtray; of course it provides room for additional Instruments and in particular for a radio.
The major Instruments, the speedometer with odometer and trip mileage, the tachometer, the dials for fuel and water temperature, are positioned on the Instrument panel under a hood (to prevent distracting reflections in the windscreen) so that they are always in full view of the driver trough the upper semicircle of the safety steering wheel. The lamps for battery Charge (red), high beam (blue), turn lights (yellow), and oil pressure (green) are conveniently grouped in the bottom sector of the tachometer.
Parking lights, low beam, flasher lights, and accessory lamps are operated by switches on the Instrument panel. The heating and Ventilation levers are in the center of the panel, equally accessible to driver and passenger.
Hand levers on opposite sides of the steering column actuate the turn lights, high and low beam, optical overtake Signal, automatic wipe-wash and programmed washer, and the two-stage windscreen wipers.
“Sporty formality” would be an apt phrase for the new Audi 100 GL, coming off the line at Audi NSU starting in September ’71. A hundred and twenty-nine hp (SAE) and a top speed of 111 mph (179 km/h), along with the sporty interior fittings of the Audi 100 Coupe plus outstanding road ability, are indications of its dash; the other side of its nature is no less pronounced: the Audi 100 GL 0ffers all the luxury of modern car making to assure ease in motoring.
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